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Japanese suicide pilots
What is kamikaze
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Der Fuhrer
Who is Adolf Hitler
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a camp where persons are detained or confined
What is a concentration camp
100
How was most of the money for WWII raised?
What is bonds
100
Strategically picking which places to attack in the Pacific.
What is island hopping
200
jellied gasoline
What is napalm
200
I became president when FDR died.
Who is Truman
200
The night of Broken Glass; 1,000s of Jewish businesses & synagogues destroyed
What is Kristallnacht
200
The symbolic role model for the working woman during the war
What is Rosie the Riveter
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In 1940, FDR passed this law which allowed the US to aid countries that were vital to the defense of the US. A change from Cash and Carry.
What is the Lend Lease Act
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enclosure made of dirt walls covered in shrubbery built to fence in cattle and crops
What is hedgerow
300
The "Desert Fox"...German tank General
Who is Rommel
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Restrictions on Jewish people in Germany
What is the Nuremberg Laws
300
Henry Kaiser was responsible for the speedy production of this war necessity.
What is Liberty Ships
300
Hitler fails to defeat GB & France at this location early in the war because he was waiting for his reinforcements and film crew.
What is Dunkirk
400
giving in to unjust demands in order to avoid all-out conflict
What is appeasement
400
Proclaimed "I shall return" and he did.
Who is General MacArthur
400
Main death camp used by the Nazis.
What is Auschwitz
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Japanese Americans on the West Coast were almost all moved to these areas
What is internment camps
400
The annexation of Austria by Germany was known as
What is the Anschluss
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political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and often racism and no tolerance of opposition; the country comes first.
What is facism
500
Commander of the Navy in the Pacific Front
Who is Admiral Nimitz
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Approximate total number of people killed in the Holocaust.
What is 12 million
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A large amount of Americans, (all nationalities) moved to this area of the country during the war.
What is the Sunbelt
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Name the emperor of Japan, and the main military general.
Who is Hirohito(emperor) and Tojo (military).